Greenpeace activists occupy offshore Woodside gas platform

Summary

Two Greenpeace activists were taken into police custody after occupying and scaling an offshore Woodside gas platform about 200 kilometers off the coast of Western Australia. The protesters spent the night on the rig to demonstrate against the company's gas operations.

• Two people are in police custody. abc.net.au
• Activists spent the night on the rig. perthnow.com.au
• Protest targeted Woodside's gas operations. abc.net.au
• The platform is located about 200 kilometers off Western Australia's coast. abc.net.au

AI-generated from the listed sources · google/gemini-3-flash · 3 hours ago

Sources (2)

1. Two people in custody after protest at offshore Woodside gas platformabc.net.au · 18 Oct, 05:52 UTC(opens in new tab)
2. Activists in custody after scaling Woodside gas rigperthnow.com.au · 18 Oct, 07:17 UTC(opens in new tab)

Timeline

1. 18 Oct, 15:50 UTCFirst detected in GDELT event stream
2. 18 Oct, 15:50 UTC2 reports collected from 2 outlets
3. 18 Oct, 16:28 UTCSources analyzed and verification label set
4. 18 Oct, 15:50 UTCLast updated

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